Imad Najah

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Imad Najah
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Najah with PSV U23 in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-02-19) 19 February 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Utrecht, Netherlands
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
USV Elinkwijk
2001–2012 PSV
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2016 RKC Waalwijk 33 (1)
2017 Jong Vitesse 11 (2)
2017–2022 DHSC
International career
2012 Morocco U23 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Imad Najah (born 19 February 1991) is a Moroccan former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

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Club career

Born in Utrecht, Netherlands, Najah evolved as a prospect from PSV's youth academy. He made his professional debut for RKC Waalwijk in 2012. [1] [2]

He ended his professional career in 2017, and played the following five years at amateur level for DHSC in his hometown. [3] During the same period he worked as a scout for Vitesse. [4]

International career

Najah represented Morocco at the 2012 Summer Olympics. [5]

Personal

He is the older brother of Anass Najah.

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References

  1. ↑ "Profile" (in Dutch). Voetbal International.
  2. ↑ Imad Najah at Soccerway
  3. ↑ Bos, Stan (4 December 2017). "Eersteklasser DHSC voegt ex-prof Imad Najah toe aan selectie". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  4. ↑ Lammers, Lex (14 April 2022). "Contractopzeggingen in Arnhem: Vitesse holt de Nederlandse scouting uit". De Gelderlander (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  5. ↑ Imad Najah – FIFA competition record (archived)


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